Death threats?! Did someone break into their houses, and swap out their DVD's for fanedits or something? Jeebus!
As passionate as I am about the OT, and it's influence on my life, at the end of the day it's a set of movies, not some creepy ass cult. "Fans" like that make me embarrassed to be a Star Wars fan.
It was similar schenanigans that have made me keep a safe distance from Star Trek fandom for decades now.